Letter: Killing animals just to hang on wall senseless

2:20 PM,
Sep. 11, 2013

Written by

Thomas Macaulay
Melbourne Beach

The recent FLORIDA TODAY article, "Patience pays off with elusive ram," described a hunting trip that culminated with a Melbourne man killing a 200-pound mountain ram with a high-powered rifle from 300 yards away in Canada's Northwest Territories.

A few days ago, I read about the killing of a huge record-setting alligator. Now these specimen animals will be unable to pass their superior genes to future generations.

The unnecessary killing of these beautiful creatures is disturbing. I have no problem with gun ownership, whether for hunting or any other reason. I have ...